COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the Quebec government needs more nurses, and fast. The pandemic has exacerbated a nursing shortage that continues to grow in urgency as patient numbers rise and tens of thousands of nurses are off the job due to positive COVID-19 tests, other illness and burnout.

Retired nurses returning to work to help with COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Quebec To meet the shortage, hospitals and health networks — with the support of the provincial government — are launching recruitment campaigns in Africa, Europe and Latin America.

Some are enlisting the help of people like Botero, who is using her Facebook page with 43,000 followers to help a hospital on Montreal’s South Shore recruit up to 100 nurses.But experts and nurses warn that recruiting internationally trained health workers is unlikely to change the situation in the province immediately, despite government efforts to speed things up.Nurses who immigrate to Quebec undergo a process that begins with applying to have their credentials recognized by the provincial nursing order, the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec.

After that, most are asked to follow an integration program — either in the form of college classes or an internship in a clinical setting — to ensure their education is equivalent to that of Quebec candidates.

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